Join us for The Annual SCMGF Sustainable Gardening Winter Speaker Series, live at our NEW LOCATION:
Everett Station
Weyerhaeuser Room, 4th Floor
3201 Smith Avenue
Everett, WA 98201
(free parking at the train station)
Topic: Successfully Growing Fruit Trees in the PNW
Description:
Sam’s lecture will take the audience on a virtual tour of the WSU public fruit garden; focus on how to successfully choose plant, prune, graft and care for fruiting plants; and provide Instruction on the best fruit varieties and rootstocks for our area…
including figs, persimmons, haskaps, goumis, peaches, plums, pears, apples and more.
Cost:
$110 for the entire series, if purchased in advance. Tickets for individual sessions will be available for $30, starting January 1st, based on availability. Limited space available. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit:
http://www.gardenlectures.com
Speaker Profile: Sam Benowitz, founder of Raintree Nursery, has provided home fruit growers with the most flavorful and easy to successfully grow fruit trees and bushes for almost 50 years. Sam co-founded the
https://nwfruit.org/ six acre fruit garden at the WSU Mt. Vernon station, about 35 years ago. Supported by an all-volunteer operation, the garden has more than 500 different varieties of fruit trees growing!
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